The Golden Apple
by John Latouche, Jerome Moross

In Washington state at the turn of the 20th century, the small town of Angel’s Roost is thrown into confusion when old Menelaus’s capricious wife Helen runs off with a traveling salesman named Paris, who was in town to judge an apple pie bake-off.

Restless Ulysses, just returned from the Spanish-American War, sets off to retrieve Helen, leaving his wife Penelope for a ten-year adventure.

The operetta's rousing score includes the jazz standard "Lazy Afternoon."